1. A strong current of air
   "the tree was bent almost double by the blast";
   - gust, blow
    
2. An explosion (as of dynamite)
   "The blast from the demolition shook nearby buildings"
    
3. A sudden very loud noise
   "The car hit the wall with a loud blast";
   - bang, clap, bam [informal]
    
4. [informal] A highly pleasurable or exciting experience
   "celebrating after the game was a blast";
   - good time, ball [informal], craic [Ireland], crack [Ireland]
    
5. [informal] Intense adverse criticism
   "Clinton directed his blast at the Republican Party";
   - fire, attack, flak [informal], flack, stick [Brit, informal]

1. Use explosives on
   "The enemy has been blasting us all day";
   - shell
    
2. Create by using explosives
   "blast a passage through the mountain";
   - shell
    
3. Make with or as if with an explosion
   "blast a tunnel through the Alps"
    
4. Hit with great force
   "He blasted a 3-run homer";
   - smash, nail, boom
    
5. Make a strident sound
   "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone";
   - blare
    
6. Blow a strong draft or wind
   "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"
    
7. Fire a shot; release
   "the gunman blasted away";
   - shoot
    
8. [informal] Criticize harshly or violently
   "The press blasted the new President";
   - savage, pillory, crucify
    
9. Shatter as if by explosion
   "The explosion knocked down the old building"; "The wrecking ball blasted through the wall"
    
10. Shrivel, wither or mature imperfectly
    "The drought blasted the crops"

1. Exclamation of annoyance
   "blast ...They won't stop me from having what I want"";
   - bother [Brit], botheration, bummer [informal], curses, dang [N. Amer, informal], damn, damnation, dammit [informal], damn it [informal], darn [informal], dash [Brit, informal], deuce [informal], durn [US, dialect], drat [informal], hang [informal], sugar [informal], tarnation [N. Amer, informal], shoot [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: blasting, blasted, blasts

Type of: air current, blow, blowup, blow-up, bomb, bombard, create, criticise [Brit], criticism, criticize, current of air, cut, damn [informal], dash, detonation, discharge, experience, explosion, fire, hit, knock [informal], make, make noise, noise, pick apart, resound, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, smash, unfavorable judgment [US], unfavourable judgment [Brit, Cdn], wind, wither

Encyclopedia: Blast